Jar-closure.



No. 733,880. PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

I D. B. SHINNIOK.

JAR CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED u1w. 10. 1903. K0 110931..

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UNITED STATES Patented July 14, 1903.

DAISY B. sI-IINNICK, on RICHMOND, INDIANA.

JAR-CLOSU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,880, dated July 14, 1903. Application filed January 10, 1903. Serial No. 138,569. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAISY B. SHINNICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Jar- Closure, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in. means for removing jar-closures, especially milk and butter jars. It is now customary to close said jars with a flat pasteboard disk, which usually fits within the neck of the jar so tightly that it is difficult to remove it. Many means have been devised for removing these covers, such'as clipping the edge of the bottle or jar, passing strings through the cover, 850. Clipping a portion of the jar is objectionable in many Ways, while many of the devices attached to the covers render them too expensive, as many of these covers are used but once.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and cheap device of this character.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the neck of a jar, showing my closure in position, the edge. of the jar being broken away and the ring lying fiat, the jar being ready for shipment. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ring is position to be engaged for the purpose of removing the closure. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper section of the closure. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the under side of the part shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower section. Fig. 6 is a view of the top section, the ring being removed. Fig. 7 is a view of the ring and fastening means detached from the closure. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section, the ring and fastening means being in section.

For brevity the closure will be termed the cap, and it comprises two circular disks A and B, preferably made of pasteboard and adapted to fit closely within the neck of the jar. The disk A is centrally slotted at A.

A ring 0 is flattened on one side, and this flattened portion is encircled by a sleeve D, having two integral arms D, which after being inserted through the slot A are oppositely bent and lie flat against the under surface of the section A. The section B is then glued or secured in any desired manner to the under side of the section A, covering the arms D and preventing the arms from contacting with the contents of the jar. The ring 0 being loosely held by the sleeve it is adapted to lie flat on the upper side of the section A. This is a great convenience in packing and shipping bottles, for as the disk lies below the plane of the top of the jar-mouth the ring when lying fiat does not project above the jar, and the jars can thus be placed one above the other, the bottom of the upper one resting on the top of the one beneath it:

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A jar-closure comprising two disks secured together, a ring, a fastener adapted to secure the ring to one of the disks, the ends of said fastener lying between the two disks.

2. A jar-closure comprising two disks se-' cured together, a ring flattened on one side, a sleeve around said flattened portion, and having integral arms lying parallel with and between the disks.

3. A jar-closure comprising two disks secured together, the upper disk being centrally slotted, a fastener having arms lying parallel with and between the disks, the central portion of the. fastener projecting upward through the slot, and a ring having a flattened portion adapted to be engaged by the projecting portion of the fastener, the said ring being adapted to lie flat on the upper side of the slotted section.

DAISY B. SHINNICK. Witnesses:

JEAN R. Lurron, PAUL COMSTOCK. 

